LUKE LITTLER’S opponent Mike De Decker called on the teenager to leave darts for another sport after being thrashed 10-3.
The Nuke, 17, has been in sensational form at the Players Championship Finals this week, days after claiming the Grand Slam of Darts title in Wolverhampton.
He began the Minehead tournament with a destructive 6-0 win over former world champion Rob Cross.
Littler then dispatched Ritchie Edhouse 6-2 and Danny Noppert 10-3 with some more exhibition-style darts.
And De Decker, who lost 10-9 to Littler in a classic last week, could do little to slow down the Warrington youngster’s momentum on Sunday afternoon as he slumped to a 10-3 defeat in their quarter-final.
The pair embraced after Littler sealed his place in the last four.
And the world championship runner-up revealed following his emphatic victory that De Decker joked he should “take up bowling”.
Littler, who averaged 103.73, said: “We both had slack darts but I had a better game.
“He did say ‘do you want to take up bowling or something instead of darts’.
“But no I’ll stick to darts.”
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Littler is the bookies’ favourite for the PDC World Darts Championship – which gets underway on December 15.
The draw for the first round takes place on Monday.
Last year, Littler broke onto the scene in scintillating fashion as he reached the final on his Ally Pally debut, before losing to Luke Humphries.
Littler and Humphries could meet in the Players Championship Final on Sunday evening.
